Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 17 Mar 1977, p. 8

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8The Barrie Examiner Thu 33 arch 17 1977 Billy arter right brother of President Jimmy Carter dusts off beverage can Ili Billy quenches his thirst hicago Wednesday night Hilly Carter in town to at tend Mechanics Hall of Fame banquet sponsored by tool company takes his sip before meeting Dale nder Says antipoverty group spokesman Bell credit system discriminatory OTTAWA iCPi Bell an adas system of assigning credit ratings to customers dis criminates against the poor the unemployed students and retired persons while favoring VIPS politicians and middle class professionals spokes man the National stintiPoverii Organization iNAPtti said Wednesday Andrew Roman NAPOs legal counsel said Bells credit system is highlyunusual Few if any other credit gatheriiig organizations ex tended credit without first checking persons income and debts or other financial obligations Instead Bell ignores those factors and primarin assigns credit ratings on the basis of ocr cupations and the customers previous billpaying habits with THE NEW AMC GREMLIN Bell or other telephone com panies he said Roman made the comments in an interview after he had questioned Bell official for al most three hours about the creditrating system at hear ing of the Canadian Kilnitll vision and lelecoiiimunications ommission itltlti The com mission is looking into Hells application to increase its phone rates to add about $173 million year to rcveiiucs Last year the company took in 81 it billion SAYS ltllt Andre Iumouciiel Hells general manager of salcs and services for the Quebec region told the illt the companys creditranking is oncof theinani factors determining whether nustomer has to pay sciurn leposit before he can have phone and if he will have to pay oiitinuuig levies in advance of each months service on the amount of credit extended by tell He said Hell assigns one of the follow mg we credit ratings to each of its customers for unlimited good credit or cus toiiicrs who lttlllllt special scr ltt It for customers who am Illtll its timid iidti risks temporary ctasritication for new Bell tllIiill1t whose credit risk is not known lllI or ratings for ciistoineis when there is cliai caidencc they ari poor risk amount used to trait liclt service rcprihcntaliycs ohm usually assicz the ilttill ratings glues tin tolloiig Xitlllllit liil Ilii tttiiltti tcdit categoilcs iiHi zrc government oltisial lls xii son left cvecutiic vice president of SK Iools tI IIioto university deans newspaper editors and people whose jobs have special public relations significance such as radio coin iiieiitators or lawyers It for loctors lawyers high school principals and university protessois for clerks salespcrsons machine oper ators nurses and teachers for businesses of precarious nature and for entertainers customcrs who travel lot and those who place an unusually high number of long distance cails luniouchcl said the IXillll pics and categories are just that not rigid rules ther fac tors such as customers previous billpaviiig record ith licll wci illiktll into account clfarc recipient had the same opportunity to receive ll ratingasalawyerliisaid Davis evasive on beer query TORONTO CP Ontario Premier William Davis said Wednesday he did not want to encourage persons who think li quor regulations may be changed to allow selling of beer at stadiums However the premier would not be pinned down on the ques tion of whether he opposed or favored the sale Of beer at Ex hibition Stadium in Toronto where Toronto Blue Jays new baseball team in the American League open their home season April An aide to the premier said the provincial government soon will make decision Ten of 16 cabinet members in terviewed said they op sed sale of the beer at Exhi ition Stadium Keith Norton community and social services minister said he opposed making more beer available to people likely todrive after drinking Among other cabinet mem bers who said they opposed sale of beer were SolicitorGeneral John MatBeth lransimrtation Minister James Snow Revenue Minister Margaret Scrivener Health Minister Dennis lim brell Agriculture Minister Wil liam Newman Margaret Birch social development secretary Arthur Meen correctional serv ices minister Harry Parrott minister of colleges and uniVer sities and John Smith minister of government services Sidney Ilandleman minister of consumer and commercial relations is responsible for the Liquor Licence ioard ot Ullr tario He is on vacation in Ilorr ida Write CRTC PM urges tllAWAili lrimeftlnir istcr lrudcau wants taiiadians to write to the anadian Radio television and lclc communication ommission tfRlti if they have any coin plaints about proseparatist biasinthctltt lrudeau told the omnioiis he hopes aiiadians will respond to his invitation to send examples of bias in the radio or television networks of the publiclyowned network to the HIt NTRODUCING On Kennedy probe Iiairnian Louis Stokes hio of the House rssassina tioiis oiiiiiiittie confers with Richard Spraguc the panels Iiief counsel prior to start of hearings on Presi dent John Kennedys mur der Wednesday The group called on Santo Irafficante lr reputed crime figure to testify on an alleged ubanundcrworld connec tion with Kennedys as sassination AP Photo Quebec statement startles conference MAR DEL ILAIA Argen tina 1li member of the aiiadian delegation startled world water conference here Wednesday by rising to an nounce he would speak for Quebec and not for Canada Marcel Leger Quotac cnvir roiimcnt minister iiitcrcchd at thc lnitcd Nations water conference to express the Quebec governments up position to committee proposal that national water policies be strongly centralized His remarks at committee of thc 11 country confer ence raised questions troni committee leaders who asked 2IIER 4CYLINDER TRANSPORT CANADA FUEL ECONOMY RATING OF 401 MPG HIGHWAY 255 MPG CITY The new Gremlin Liter 4Cylinder with 45peed manual transmission as standard equipment Automatic transmission and wide range Of options avaitable With the Gremlin lLiter American Motors introduces an ideal blend of efficiency and economy This trim overheadcam four cylinder engine is lightweight yet rugged and powerful It features an aluminum head with crossflow design and staged twobarrel carburetor develops 80 horsepower at 5000 rpm and delivers 401 mpg highway 255 mpg city according to Transport Canada fuel economy ratings The exciting new Gremlin 2Liter is only part of the good news about Gremlin this year The popular subcompact has brand new look for 77 too from its handsome new grille to its deeper rear hatch opening and larger taillights See your AMC Dealer and take test drive soon with choi saving Sixe Package DRIVE PARTS Certain items illustrated on both cars are optional at extra cost 1977 American Motors 75th Aiiniversaerear The fuel economy figures shown should be used for comparisons between various makes and models onlyThe fuel economy you Obtain will vary depending upon such factor as the type of driving done weight of the car options fitted to the car road and weather conditions how well the vehicle is maintained and the drivers individual driving style Gremlin is also available cc of two gas and dozens Of options including this Sporty BUYER PROTECTION PLAN II FULL YEAR24000 MILE WARRANTY ON ENGINE AND TRAIN FULL YEAR12000 MILE WARRANTY ON ALL OTHER OF THE CAR FXCEPI TIRLS PLUS LOANER CAR AND TRIP INTERRUPTION PROTECTION AT NO COST TO YOU FROM THE DATE OF DELIVERY OR FIRST USE WHICHEVER COMES FIRST You should see us now Theres more to an MC VI him to clarify just whom he was representing Speaking to the delegates from seat that had the Sign anada in front of it Leger said he spoke for Quebec and not for anada He maintained that the anadian federated system permitted him to speak as Quebccois rather than as aiiadiaii Leger later told reporters was speaking on behalf of province where the citizens will he asked whether they wish to be llltItlXlltItlllL was speaking for province winch will soon become nation NB minister quits FREDERICTON CP Saying the justice department must be free from suspicion and innuendo New Brunswick Justice Minister Paul Creaghan resigned his portfolio Wed nesday in the face of charges by Liberal Leader Robert Higgins that the department interfered in police investigations for political purposes Our judicial process is un der cloud Creaghan told the legislature in surprise two page statement in which he said Hcggins accksations Mar ch were malicious and un true Creaghan told reporters later the decision to resign was his own The announcement was fol lowed immediately by brief statement from Premier Rich ard Hatfield accepting the res ignation with the deepest re gret because have absolute confidence in Creaghans judgment and integrity judicial inquiry was prom ised by Hatfield last Friday it Higgins did not withdraw his charges against the adminis tration ofjustice EXAMINER WANT ADS 7282414 WEDNESDAYS and SATURDAYS ARE OF 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